Controlled drugs Flashcards
Legislation
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
– possession, supply, manufacture, import and export of CDs
Legislation
Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001
– exemptions from above and classifications
Legislation
Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973
– safe custody and storage of CDs
Legislation
The Health Act 2006
– ‘accountable officer’ and Standard Operating Procedure for CDs
Legislation Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) Regulations 2013
– duties of the Accountable Officer
Which schedule CDs should be kept in safe custody?
Most schedule 2 and some schedule 3
How do prisons and hospitals store CDs?
Sold secure silver standard
Hospitals carry a lot more CD’s than community pharmacies
Hospital’s are more secure than community
CD registers
Head of each page must specify
– Class (i.e. drug)
– Strength
– Form (e.g modified release)
CD registers
How are different classes entered into a CD register?
• Different classes in separate registers
• Within class separate page for:
– Different strengths
– Different formulations of each drug
CD registers
When should an entry be made and in what?
Chronological order – entries on the day or if you don’t have time on the day then it should be made on the following working day
Should be made using Ink or indelible, not pencil
CD registers
How to make an alteration?
Can’t cross anything out or use tipex in a CD register
Correct method of correcting a mistake is to put the incorrect entry into brackets and put an astrix next to it and then put an astrix in the footnote and write the correct entry and put your GPhC number, initials/signature and date
What is recorded in a CD Register
• Receipts
– Date
– Supplier (can record invoice number for supplier - good practice)
– Quantity
What is recorded in a CD Register
• Supplied
– Date
– Name and address of recipient
– Details of authority to possess (prescriber’s details)
– Quantity
– Person collecting (if its a health care professional collecting then their name and address should be recorded)
– ID requested (if you don’t know the person)
– ID provided
What are the classifications of CDs
• Schedule 1 (CD lic POM) • Schedule 2 (CD POM) • Schedule 3 (CD no reg POM) • Schedule 4 – part 1 (CD benz POM) ‐‐ part 2 (CD anab POM) • Schedule 5 (CD inv P or CD inv POM)
Schedule 1
- POM
- Licence needed from Home Office
- No therapeutic use
- LSD, cannabis, ecstasy etc.
Schedule 2
• POM
• Opiates
• Major stimulants (amphetamines, quinalbarbitone)
• Must be recorded in CD register
• Safe custody
– Except some liquid preparations and quinalbarbitone
• Destruction
– Denature
– Need an authorised witness and CD entry